The meeting was called
to order by Mayor Tipton with Councilman Baxter giving the invocation.All council members, City Administrator
Akridge, City Attorney Dickey, Police Chief Gossett, Fire Chief Tyler and Asst.
City Clerk Diane Proudfoot were present.

Councilman Myrick made
a motion to approve the draft copy of the minutes of the March 15, 2012
meeting.Councilman Crosby seconded the
motion and it passed with five affirmative votes with Councilman Rawlings
abstaining from the vote.Councilman
Crosby made a motion to approve the agenda of the April 5, 2012 meeting.
Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.

Administrative
& Committee reports:

City
Administrator Akridge gave the following report:

1.Financial
report - March 31st benchmark at 75% the General Fund revenues are at
68.62%

Expenditures
are over budget at 82.2% (Note: LOST revenues are very low at 62.93%)

Water/Sewer
revenues are at 68.25% with expenditures at 60.2%

Department
Heads have been encouraged to be restrictive on spending until June 30th
to be under budget

2.
The
72 sections of surplus fire hose that did not receive any bids was sold to
Screven County Fire

Department
in the amount of $1500

3.
The
closing of the De-Annexation on Pine
Barren Road will be next week and the City should
receive the

funds from that
shortly after

4. FEMA will be holding flood insurance outreach
meetings on April 17, 2012 at 1:30pm at PoolerCity Hall

1.
The Special Events Committee along with
the City and the History Society hosted an Easter Egg Hunt on

March
31st with approximately 60 children, hiding of over 400 eggs, a
visit from the Easter Bunny and

fortunately the
rain held off until it was over

2.
A special thanks to Pete Waller for the donation of the two blow-ups amusements
and Guerrero Mexican

Restaurant for donating a gift certificate
for two meals for the Adult door prize

3.
The City has received notice that the $100,000 Rails to Trails Phase II grant applied
for by the City has been

awarded with an
80/20 match

4. There is an additional $100,000 grant that we have not
received word on at this time

5. The City will be applying for a million dollar grant
for sidewalks and streetlights

OLD
BUSINESS:None

NEW
BUSINESS:

1.Discussion of streetlights.Councilman Kerby
reported he had been approached by citizens at the last meeting regarding Ray Street not having
a streetlight.After checking around the
City he found Ray Street
was the only street coming directly onto Highway 80 without a light.Citizens were encouraged to report any street
that may be particularly dark to City Hall.

2.Consider an invoice #2 submitted by Sandling Electrical Service in the amount of $90,000 for
field lighting at Taylor Park.Councilwoman
Griffin made a motion to pay the invoice submitted by Sandling
Electrical Service in the amount of $90,000 for field lighting at Taylor Park.The motion was seconded by Councilman Crosby
and it passed with six affirmative votes.

3.Consider approval of a cost estimate submitted by Hussey, Gay, Bell and DeYoung to pipe a
ditch at 101 Ash Street
in the amount of $4,110 for the Phase II Drainage project.Councilman Kerby made a motion to accept the cost
estimate and authorize the piping of the ditch.Councilman Crosby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

4.Consider payment of invoice #4 submitted by
Southern Champion Construction in the amount of $83,547.90 for the Phase II
Drainage project.Councilman
Kerby made a motion to pay the invoice as approved by the engineer.Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it
passed with six affirmative votes.

5.
Consider approval of the proposed
Purchasing Policy.Councilman
Myrick made a motion to adopt the Purchasing Policy with a change to the cap
from $500 to $1000 for Department Heads.Councilman Baxter seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

6.
Citizen to be heard – Mr. Martin Collins.Mr. Collins addressed
council with his concerns regarding public hearings.

7. Consider payment of an invoice submitted by
Hussey, Gay, Bell
and DeYoung for Construction Administration Services for the Phase II Drainage
project in the amount of $3,556.25.Councilman Kerby made a
motion to pay the invoice to Hussey, Gay, Bell
and DeYoung for construction administration services for the Phase II drainage
project in the amount of $3,556.25.Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

8.
Consider payment of invoice #3 and final
invoice submitted by Sandling Electrical Service in the amount of $23,493.00
for field lighting at Taylor Park.Councilwoman
Griffin made a motion to pay the invoice to Sandling
Electrical Service in the amount of $18,493.00 for field lighting which is
withholding $5,000 until the company returns and re-lamps the field.Councilman Myrick seconded the motion and it
passed with six affirmative votes.

9.Consider payment of an invoice submitted by
Whitaker Laboratory Inc. in the amount of $597.50 for

light pole inspection services at Taylor
Park.Councilwoman
Griffin made a motion to pay the invoice in the amount of $597.50 to Whitaker
Laboratory, Inc. for light pole inspections at Taylor Park and authorize Sandling Electric to repair faulty poles discovered by Whitaker
Laboratory during their inspection.Councilman Kerby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

10.Consider payment of invoice #5 submitted
by Southern Champion Construction in the amount of

$66,460.50 for the Phase II
Drainage project.Councilman Kerby made a motion to approve invoice #5 submitted by
Southern Champion Construction in the amount of $66,460.50 as approved by the
engineer for the Phase II drainage project.Councilman Baxter seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

Mayor
Tipton reported that this concluded theitems presented for consideration for inclusion on the council agenda
prior to the deadline of Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

The accounts payables were presented with Councilman
Myrick making a motion to pay the bills.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with six
affirmative votes.

There being no further business, Councilman Kerby
made a motion to adjourn at 7:45pm.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with six
affirmative votes.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Proudfoot, Asst. City
Clerk

Note:Section § 50-14-1 of the Official Code of the
State of Georgia Annotated requires that the minutes shall, as a minimum,
include a description of each motion or other proposal made, and a record of
all votes.These minutes meet the
minimum requirements.However, in an
attempt to provide as much information as possible to the citizens, the
recording clerk has included additional background data and discussion on the
subjects presented to council.The
statements of individuals are not verbatim and may be summary in nature.